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03-03-2019 11:32 PM |
A Big Green Egg followed us home about six months ago… I’m pleased to announce it has found it’s “forever home”. We decided it needs a cart or table to make it feel more comfortable and more family friendly. I’ve been struggling with a design that will meet those objectives. There are some truly awesome carts and tables on the internet for inspiration, but none of them seemed quite right for our needs. It took several weeks (as per the historical norm), but I woke up today with a vision and spent about 8 hours remembering how to use sketchup. Here’s what we came up with: The counter-top will be granite (or possible concrete); the wood of choice is white oak. The three drawers are large enough to house the largest BGE accessories and grilling toys. The overall dimensions were derived from a commercially available weather cover. The cool factor will be the mobility. The cart will have completely hidden casters. The casters will be placed in service by installing (and rotating) a lever on an operating mechanism on each end. It should raise the cart around 1”. The inspiration for this design feature came from woodshaver Tony C ’s project Workbench with retractable wheels . The concept is complete, I’ve got some work to do on the structural internals. The egg weighs about 170 lbs and the granite pieces will close in at around 250 lbs. Any thoughts or recommendations? -- Dave, Texas |